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HP Portable Plus/ HP 150 Systems Message #1 Posted by John Kercheval on 19 Apr 2002, 1:35 a.m. I own the 150 Touchscreen II anbd the Portable Plus. GREAT computers for their time. Also they had IL capability so I interfaced them to each other, various IL peripherals and to the 41 & 71. Anyone else try this? 41/71 users may wish to consider doing this now, as 150s and 110 are pretty cheap. John Kercheval

Re: HP Portable Plus/ HP 150 Systems Message #2 Posted by J-F Garnier on 19 Apr 2002, 6:42 a.m., in response to message #1 by John Kercheval I agree, the Portable Plus is a great machine. How do you drive the HPIL? Do you use Basic, or assembly level? I remember I made (a lot of years ago) a simple "HPIL monitor" program in Basic with in/out functions. J-F

Re: HP Portable Plus/ HP 150 Systems Message #3 Posted by John Kercheval on 19 Apr 2002, 8:30 a.m., in response to message #2 by J-F Garnier Thanks for your response. In the case of the 110+, it has built in I/O features to run the IL. Once the unit is connected to a Calc, the 41/71 can upload files, etc, in effect using the electronic discs of the 110+ as mass storage devices. In the case of the cassette drive, you just use the storage commands to save data to it. I LOVE the idea of using plug in ROMS to load programs versus the hard drive & wish my HP Omnibook XE2 had such features. In the case of the 150, shareware was released in 1987 that ran the IL Card and provides a seemless interface "shell" between the unit and calcs. and was very easy to use. Did you ever subscribe to the third party newsletter " the "Portable Paper?" Do you still have the 110? What applications did you use? JK

Re: HP Portable Plus/ HP 150 Systems Message #4 Posted by Philip Reagan (Houston, TX) on 22 Apr 2002, 3:48 p.m., in response to message #3 by John Kercheval I have several 110's. I purchased them in the past year specifically because of the IL capabilities. I've been in an binge to acquire anything with HP-IL. I have tested the machines with the 9114B IL disk drive and worked great. My goal is to connect them to the 41 and 71 to see what I can do. I've even thought about writing some sort of control or monitor program in either Basic or Assembly just to try it out but I haven't had the time. There various ROM-based routines that allow you to "talk" to the IL.

Re: HP Portable Plus/ HP 150 Systems Message #5 Posted by Rick on 22 Apr 2002, 9:42 p.m., in response to message #4 by Philip Reagan (Houston, TX) What would you say is a good price for the 110? Do you have any accessories you would like to trade or sell?

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